Smith, John D. 1919-1995

SMITH, BRECKENRIDGE, MORRISON, ANDERSON, BROWN, ETTER, PIPER, LESSIE

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 9/12/2006 at 13:43:57

John David Smith, 75, of Newton died of kidney failure Thursday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home, with burial at Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Smith was born in Lucas County and had lived in Newton since 1953. He was a retired machinist at Maytag, an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a member of Newton Blue Jay CB Club and Red Haw Campers Club.

Survivors include his wife, Maxine; four sons, Brian of Newton, Danny of Hartford, Kenneth of Adel and William of Denver, Colo.; two daughters, Brenda C. Breckenridge of Newton and Connie Morrison of Grinnell; three sisters, Ruby Anderson and Neva Brown, both of Chariton, and Leona Etter of Talmoon, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from noon until the service begins. Memorial contributions may be made to Metz Community Church. ~ The Des Moines Register, February 12, 1995

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John David Smith, 75, of Rt. 2, Newton, a resident of rural Newton since 1953, died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 9, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines of renal failure.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m.Monday at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home. The Rev. Gerald Quick, pastor of the Metz Community Church in rural Newton, will conduct services.

Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery in rural Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Monday and visitation with the family will be held from noon until time of services. Memorials to the Metz Community Church will be accepted.

Survivors are his wife, Maxine; four sons, William of Denver, Colo., Kenneth of Adel, Danny of Hartford and Brian of Newton; two daughter, Connie Morrison of Grinnell and Brenda C. Breckenridge of Newton; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

Also surviving are three sisters, Ruby Anderson and Neva Brown, both of Chariton, and Leona Etter of Thlinoon, Minn..

He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandson, a great grand son, seven brothers and five sisters.

Mr. Smith, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, was a past member of the United Auto Workers, Local 997, and was a member of the Newton Blue Jay CB Club and the Red Haw Camper Club. He had farmed for several years in Lucas County and later was employed at the Maytag Co., retiring in December 1981 after 29 years of service.

The son of David Franklin and Martha Lessie Smith, he was born Dec. 14,1919 in Lucas County. He was married to Zelma Maxine Piper Aug. 5, 1943 in Burlington. ~ Newton Daily News, February 12, 1995

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